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MARK OF DANIEL VAN VOORHIS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1790
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AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT
Mark of Daniel Van Voorhis, New York, circa 1790
Oval, with bright-cut engraving, the domed cover with pineapple finial, with straight spout and wood handle, the body with bright-cut engraving and monogram RRH, marked on base
11½in. (29.2cm.) long; 19oz. (597gr.) gross weight
Mark of Daniel Van Voorhis, New York, circa 1790
Oval, with bright-cut engraving, the domed cover with pineapple finial, with straight spout and wood handle, the body with bright-cut engraving and monogram RRH, marked on base
11½in. (29.2cm.) long; 19oz. (597gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Eleanor Roosevelt, Val-Kill
The monogram RRH may be that of a Hunter, who married into the Ludlow Livingston families. Colonel Robert Hunter and his wife Ruth Breck Hunter were the parents of Elizabeth Hunter Ludlow and Gabriel Verplanck Ludlow, Eleanor Roosevelt's great-great grandparents.
The monogram RRH may be that of a Hunter, who married into the Ludlow Livingston families. Colonel Robert Hunter and his wife Ruth Breck Hunter were the parents of Elizabeth Hunter Ludlow and Gabriel Verplanck Ludlow, Eleanor Roosevelt's great-great grandparents.